a. Use The Past Continuous tense is used to express continuous, ongoing actions which took place in the past. In the following examples, the verbs in the Past Continuous tense are in italics. e.g. He was traveling in Europe last summer. They were playing tennis yesterday afternoon.
The Past Continuous tense is frequently used to refer to an ongoing action which was taking place when something else occurred in the past. e.g. I was washing the dishes when the telephone rang. We were entertaining friends when the parcel arrived.
In the first example, the use of the Past Continuous tense indicates that the action of washing the dishes was taking place at the time when the telephone rang. In the second example, the use of the Past Continuous tense indicates that the action of entertaining friends was taking place at the time when the parcel arrived.
b. Formation The Past Continuous tense is formed from the Simple Past of the auxiliary to be, followed by the present participle of the verb. For example, the Past Continuous of the verb to work is conjugated as follows:
I was working you were working he was working she was working it was working we were working they were working
Choose a reading and ask 7 questions about the information in it.
Deadline .... Extra reading Listen and read the article and then click on the " next " button to do the exercises. Do not forget to turn your speakers on .
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE SEND THEM ON MY E-MAIL OR POST THEM BELOW AS COMMENT .YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE OF YOUR OWN LEARNING.I ASSUME THE DEADLINE 22ND NOVEMBER IS OK .
AFTER THAT YOU WILL BE TESTED FROM THEM TO SEE WHO GOES FURTHER !
AFTER THAT FOLLOW THE NEXT LINK AND CHOOSE THE EXERCISES MARKED WITH INTERMEDIATE .SOLVE, CHECK AND WRITE DOWN THE PAIR OF WORDS YOU DIDN'T SUCCEED TO SOLVE CORRECTLY -FOR EXAMPLE: IMPORTANT-IMPORTANCE
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AFTER THAT YOU WILL BE TESTED FROM THEM TO SEE WHO GOES FURTHER !
On the 28th you are invited to come with your Jack-o-lanterns and , together with your Dojo groups , to present a three-minute story about your pumpkins. Your presentation will be graded taking into consideration creativity, humour and, of course, your English fluency ! You will be filmed , too !
Your homework:(Deadline 22nd October 8pm )
-click on the above link
-create your own invitations following the steps
-use present continuous with a future meaning in your invitations
-send them to the teacher’s e-mail address
Once upon a time there was place called Camelot that was ruled by a king named
King Pendragon. When his son was born, there was a lot of fighting in the kingdom,
and a wise magician, Merlin, told him that it would be best to hide the baby
and raise him without anyone knowing that he was the prince and would
someday be the king. The king agreed, and the baby, whose name was
Arthur, was taken by Merlin to live as a servant in the home of a rich man
and his son. While he was growing up, he was not called Arthur; instead he
was given the nickname, Newt. When King Pendragon, died there was a big
fight over who would become the king, so Merlin used a magic spell to bury a
sword in a big stone. On the stone was a sign that said ‘Whoever can pull this sword from the stone will be the
next king.’ Many knights and other nobleman tried but couldn’t pull the sword out.
One day, Arthur was at a contest of bravery helping the nobleman’s son. When he broke his sword during a
fight, he sent Arthur to find him another one. Arthur looked everywhere but couldn’t find a sword. Running
back to tell the nobleman, he came to the stone with the sword stuck in it. He was scared and so he didn’t
read the sign. Instead he climbed up on the stone and pulled on it. It slid out of the stone easily and began to
shine brightly. Merlin, who knew all along who Arthur was told everyone at the contest what Arthur had done
and he was the new king.
Arthur was still a boy, so Merlin stayed at the castle with him to help him learn how to be a good king. Arthur
and Merlin were good friends and Arthur became much loved as the king of Camelot.
Use the story to answer the questions and complete the puzzle below.
1. What was Arthur’s father’s name?
2. Who told Arthur’s father to hide him when he was a baby?
3. What was Arthur looking for when he found the stone?
4. What was the name of the kingdom Arthur becomes the king of?
When
you're ______(1)____ and ___(2)______ and you need a _____(3)____ hand and nothing,
oh nothing is going _(4)_______, close your eyes and think of me and soon
I will be there to __(5)_______even your ___(6)_____night.
You
just call out my name and you know ____(7)_______I am I´ll come running,
oh yeah baby, to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or __(8)_______-,
all you got to do is _____(9)_____ and I'll be there yeah yeah yeah you've
got a friend.
2. Before
listening to the second part try to match the following halves. Then, listen to it and check your answers:
a.
If the sky b.should turn dark
c. and that old north wind d. keep your head e.
and call my name f. soon I'll be knocking g. You just
call h. and you know i. I´ll come running,
1.out
loud now 2.above
you 3.should
begin to blow, 4.together 5.upon
your door. 6.and
full of clouds 7.out
my name 8.wherever
I am 9.oh
yes I will, to see you again.
3.
Translate the following part and listen to the whole song again: Ain´t
it good to know that you´ve got a friend people can be so cold
they'll hurt you and desert you well they'll take your soul if you let them
oh yeah don't you let them. 4.
Watch the first video and try to answer the following questions : Where
was James Taylor born? Who wrote this song? When was it a great hit? You
can also use the information in this
link Source: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/afriend.htm
1. Listen to the song and
complete the gaps with the right words.
1st
part
__(1)____ a ride to the end of the __(2)____
Where no one __(3)____
goes.
Ended up on a broken __(4)____ with nobody I ___(5)___.
But the __(6)____
and the (longings) the _(7)____.
(Where the dying
Now I'm __(8)____ and I'm
screaming for ____(9)__.) 2nd part
__(1)___,
take it ___(2)__
For there is ___(3)___ that we can __(4)____.
____(5)__, take
it ___(6)___
___(7)___ it on me or __(8)____ it on you.
It's as if I'm ___(9)___.
It's as if I'm _(10)_____.
It's as if I'm ___(11)___.
It's as if I'm playing with
___(12)___.
___(13)___.
It's as if I'm __(14)____.
Are you __(15)____?
Are we
playing with __(16)____? 3rd part
Relax
There is an _(1)_____ to the darkest ___(2)___.
It's __(3)____ we don't __(4)____ but
the last thing on my _(5)_____
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this
_(6)_____.
Don't ___(7)___ - there are so many ___(8)___ left.
2.
Listen to the song again and complete the following table with as many nouns,
verbs and adjectives you can find in the text.
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
ride
goes
broken
3.
Read the song and find a synonym for the following
words:
Homework : 1. Film yourselves singing along ( min 1 minute )- send by e-mail 2. Explain the meaning of " WE ARE RUNNING WITH BLOOD ON OUR KNEES"-post till Sunday , 27th Sept ,at noon. 3.Dramatise the song - group work if possible ( no more than 3 min) 3.
1.
– Listen to the first paragraph and try to fill in the blanks with the correct
verbal form. I ___________(sleep)
at all in days It__ _____(be) so long since we _____ (talk) And I _________(be)
here many times I just ______(not know) what I'__ ___(do) wrong
2. - Read the first paragraph carefully
and try to answer the following questions:
How
does she feel?
Who does the
pronoun we refer to?
What
does the word here refer to?
3.
– Listen to he chorus and try to fill in the blanks with the following words: make(x3)
get feel care love What
can I do to _____ you ____ me? What can I do to _____ you ____? What can
I say to _____you _____ this? What can I do to ____ you there?
3. - Could you summarize what’s the
story about after reading the first paragraph and the chorus? 4.-Look for the answers to these questions watching the video on YouTube: 1.What nationality are the Corrs ? 2.What's the name of the album the song is from ? Source:http://www.isabelperez.com/songs/whatcanido.htm Your homework;
